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Horizon 2020Strategic Planning 2018-2020

University of Reading, 28 March 2017Ian Devine, UK Research Office (UKRO)Ian.devine@bbsrc.ac.uk

Horizon 2020 Structure

Excellent Science

European Research Council (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in Enabling and

Industrial Technologies (LEIT) - ICT, NMBP, Space

Access to Risk Finance

Innovation in SMEs

Societal Challenges

Health and Wellbeing

Food security

Transport

Energy

Climate action

Societies

Security

Widening Participation; Science with and for Society, Mainstreaming of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and ICT, Fast Track to Innovation

European Institute of Innovation and

Technology (EIT)EURATOM

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

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• Looking at progress against Horizon 2020 objectives, impact achieved, relevance of measures, efficiency and use of resources, EU added value

• July 2016 Call for expressions of interest for High Level Group of experts

• October 2016 - December 2017 – Online consultation of stakeholders –Closed 15 January 2017

• May 2017 – Commission Staff working document

• June 2017 – Final report of the High Level Group

• October 2017 – Commission Communication

Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 - 2018-20

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• Horizon 2020 has seen the introduction of two year Work Programmes – So far 2014-15 and 2016-17.

• Commission’s preference is for the next programming period to cover 2018-2020 with a three-year Work Programme, to protect the budgets – 2020 very flexible…

• Member States normally prefer 2+1 option, as it allows for better alignment of priorities for funding with emerging challenges, such as economic and migration crises

• Work Programmes will be confirmed & published in October 2017

• The 2018-20 Work Programme will bridge the gap to FP9…

Third Strategic Programming (2018-2020)

• Scoping papers now published– Draft Work Programmes beginning to circulate…

– Generally some level of continuation from previous Work Programmes as well as new areas/topics depending on developments

• Timeline

•Stakeholder consultations (online, ETPs, JTIs…)

Early 2016

•Expert Advisory Group reports published

Late 2016•PCs discussing detailed WP content

Jan-May 2017

•Commission inter-service consultation

Summer 2017•Further discussions in PCs

August 2017

•Publication of Work Programmes

Late 2017

Third Strategic Programming (2018-2020)

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• More emphasis on achieving impact…

• Bigger calls and topics, which are going to be more mission-oriented with better linkages between impact at topic, call and programme level

• Four new focus areas expected with calls coordinated across societal challenges and bigger budgets:– sustainable development/climate

– Digitisation

– the circular economy

– security

• Measures to be introduced to address lower International Cooperation participation

Work Programme 2018-20

Scoping Papers 2018-2020

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• High-level papers outlining the main areas to be considered in the Work Programme…

• Often focus on a number of priorities falling under sub-areas to be translated into detailed call topics

• Input into scoping papers normally from:– Expert Advisory Group– Consultations– Relevant Commission DGs– EU associations, e.g. EIPs, ETPs.– Other stakeholder engagement

• Adoption and publication of the 2018-2020 Work Programme

is expected in October 2017.

Scoping Papers

• Developed with Expert Advisory Group Recommendations to build on existing

strengths of the MSCA

• Bottom-up, excellence-driven approach will continue, while reflecting the

changing landscape of research and innovation to better equip researchers

with the right skills and competences.

• Annual calls for the schemes will continue, with the exception of NIGHT,

where one call will cover 2018-19 and another 2020.

• The following improvements and simplifications are being considered:

MSCA Scoping Paper 2018-20

• Part-time fellowships not only for family but also for professional reasons;• Endorsing funding-management training within MSCA projects;• Supporting measures to stimulate higher quality applications from potential

beneficiaries in under-represented countries;• Promoting equal opportunities and inclusion even more (more flexible rules for

mobility allowance; additional support should also be provided to researchers living with a disability);

• Reinforcing Global Fellowship opportunities (allowing to first spend time at the European beneficiary before leaving for their year(s) outside Europe;

• Addressing the migration challenge within MSCA projects (specific support to displaced researchers).

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• Open: An increase in funding available for the scheme for 2018-2020. Discussion of other measures to address oversubscription. Further measures to stimulate innovation proposed.

• Proactive: Smaller and larger scale grants with a strategic role to mature new topics for potential future Flagships. Proactive initiative on High Performance Computing.

• Flagships: Continuing support for the Graphene and Human Brain Project Flagships. Support for a new Quantum Flagship. Other new flagship initiatives, with pilot actions to be funded to support development of roadmaps.

FET Scoping Paper

Six key priorities to be translated into specific calls:

• Addressing long term sustainability of pan European Research Infrastructures through a life cycle approach;

• Supporting Interoperability and the European Open Science Cloud;

• Structuring the European landscape by integrating and opening Research Infrastructures of European interest;

• Demonstrating the role of Research Infrastructures in the translation of Open Science into Open Innovation;

• Developing the Research Infrastructure manager skills;

• Supporting Europe as a global leader in Research Infrastructures.

Research Infrastructures Scoping Paper

2018-20

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Based on priorities set out in the Space Strategy for Europe

Identifies four key priorities for the final three years of Horizon 2020 to be translated into specific calls:

I. Supporting EU flagship space programmes Copernicus and EGNSS (Galileo/EGNOS);

II. Strengthening the competitiveness of the European space sector;

III. Supporting Europe's autonomy in accessing and using space in a secure and safe environment; and

IV. Strengthening Europe's role as a global actor.

Scoping Paper for Space WP 2018-2020

Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced, Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology

• Bringing the digital to the physical world – industrial solution revolution, including:– Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Biotechnology for high added-

value products and industrial value chains;

– Governance- New ways of engaging with society

– Computational modelling for the development of key enabling technologies

– Medical technologies for healthcare (ESTHER)

• Post-COP21 action, Energy and the Circular Economy, including:– Sustainable Process Industries (SPIRE)

– Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB)

– The EMERIT Initiative (Energy Materials for Europe - Research & Industry Innovating Together).

NMBP 2018-2020 Calls

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• The scoping paper identifies four key priorities to be translated into specific calls:

1. Better health and care, economic growth and sustainable health systems– Personalised medicine;

– Innovative health and care industry;

– Improving global health;

– Sustainable and evidence-based health and care systems;

– Innovative health and care delivery systems.

2. Decoding the role of the overall environment for health and well-being– The human exposome;

– Global changes and health.

SC1 Health Scoping Paper

• The scoping paper identifies four key priorities to be translated into specific calls:

3. Digital transformation in Health and Care– eHealth and mHealth;

– ICT for Active and Healthy Ageing.

4. Trusted Big Data solutions and Cybersecurity for Health and Care; – Trusted Big Data solutions for health and care;

– Cybersecurity for health and care.

SC1 Health Scoping Paper

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• Developed with SC2 Expert Advisory Group report, stakeholder consultation,

mapping exercise of previous topic objectives/ projects funded, and in-depth

analysis of trends and foresight.

• It also reflects the research and innovation priorities in the Commission's

document 'A strategic approach to EU agricultural research and innovation'

Three Calls

Blue Growth

Rural Renaissance

Sustainable Food

Security

SC2 Food Security Scoping Paper

Five Priorities

• Addressing climate change and resilience on land and at sea;

• Making the transition towards a circular bioeconomy;

• Functional ecosystems, sustainable food systems, healthy lifestyles;

• Boosting major innovations on land and sea – new products, value chains and

markets; and

• Developing smart, connected territories and value chains in rural and coastal

areas.

SC2 Food Security Scoping Paper

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• The paper confirms that the Energy Challenge Work Programme 2018-2020 will support the creation of the Energy Union, in particular its research, innovation and competitiveness dimension, which was unveiled by the Commission at the end of November.

• It identifies priorities for the final three years of Horizon 2020 to be translated into four specific calls:

– Global leadership in renewable energy technologies;

– Smart citizen-centred energy system;

– Efficient energy use; and

– Decarbonisation of fossil fuels.

SC3 Energy Scoping Paper

• The paper takes into account the work of the Transport Advisory Group, as well as contributions submitted to the dedicated consultation launched in 2016. It identifies four key priorities for the final three years of Horizon 2020 to be translated into specific calls:

– Towards an integrated, sustainable and robust transport system;

– Technologies transforming the transport system;

– Competitiveness, business models and markets; and

– Accounting for the people: demand, needs and behaviours; inclusion and access.

• Important cross-cutting issues, such as International Cooperation, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Open Innovation will be covered where necessary.

SC4 Transport Scoping Paper

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• The priorities for 2018-20 continue in line with the area's goal to realise a green economy contributing to achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

• A number of different policies influenced the development of the Scoping Paper, such as the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Six strategic priorities:– Climate action in support of the Paris Agreement;

– Circular economy;

– Water for our environment, economy and society;

– Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience;

– Raw materials;

– Protecting and valorising our natural and cultural assets.

SC5 Climate Scoping Paper

Three key priorities:

• Migration and the refugee crisis:

• Cultural and technological transformations for human and social progress:

• Governance for the future:

SC6 Reflective Societies Scoping Paper

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Five key priorities to be translated into specific calls:

• Borders and External security;

• Fighting Crime and Counter-terrorism;

• Secure and Resilient Societies;

• Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy;

• Competitive European Security Industry

SC7 Security Scoping Paper

• Look out for draft Work Programmes in the coming months…

• REMINDER: Final Work Programmes will be published, and the first 2018 calls opened, in October 2017!

Draft Work Programmes

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• Horizon 2020 interim evaluation will provide input to the development of the next Framework Programme (FP9)

• Stakeholder consultation expected to open in July 2017

• EU Budget (MFF) Commission proposal next financing period (2021-?) expected in December 2017

• FP9 proposal should follow soon after (Q1 2018)

• Structure and priorities still to be defined. Early understanding:– Strong continuity from Horizon 2020

– Mission-based approach – still to be further defined…

– Driven by Excellence, Openness and Impact.

Beyond the Horizon… FP9

Thank You!

Ian.devine@bbsrc.ac.uk